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Amazing how close you came and you even had your antennae up! Thank you for alerting us. I am a landlord/ rental house owner and would be angry as all get out if this happened to me. Good luck with finding a legit place you love. http://funandfit.org/2012/07/the-klout-workout-perks-circuits/

So sorry that you had to go through this!! so sad that people are like that but I am glad that you were able to figure things out in time! Thanks for alerting everyone to be more careful! Best of luck in finding a good place! Patience is key!

Yeah - so not cool how people do this anymore. When we were looking for property up in Alaska while still in North Carolina we found a few scams and luckliy realized it early on - but who knows if it could have gone farther - my husband says my jaded life view helped us for once. I am just so unsure about some people anymore! Keep your head up - the right one will come around!

This happened to me too! It seemed so legit but also I knew something wasn't quite because the English was terrible and the guy was trying way too hard to make me think he was a saint. Talking about his mission work and how he had the fear of God. What kind of low-life people use God to scam people like that?? Anyway, a quick google search helped me realize it was a scam. I found sites showing examples that looked just like the emails I got. Good for you for doing your research and following your gut!

This happened to Furman and I like 100 times when we were looking for a house to rent. Most of the time they had some sob story about how they are a missionary from Uganda and they will mail me a key... As if I would give anyone anything for something I haven't even looked at. My rule of thumb is if they want money wired it's a scam. No one wires money anymore except crack heads who need bus tickets from family members trying to get them into rehab.

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